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Adjective: polysyllabic  `pó-lee-si'la-bik
  1. Having or characterized by words of more than three syllables
     
  2. (of words) long and ponderous; having many syllables
    "polysyllabic technical terms"
    - sesquipedalian

See also: long, polysyllabically, polysyllable, syllabic

Encyclopedia: Polysyllabic

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